Child&#39;s garment



D. s. WARD CHILD' s GARMENT 2 Sheets-Sheet med Jan. 1a,v v1928 Lega.

De@ 12s; 192s.

D. s. WARD CHILDS GARMENT Filed Jan. 18, 192e v #gli a llllHrllluxlll Il! |...||1|| Paie-med Dec. 25, 192s.

UNITED STTES- O:maar s. wanner BROOKLYN, Naw vom; cnILnis animar.

appncaruoa'nl'a :anuary 1s, ieasf seran nbfeusosj This invention-relateste an under-garment intended for infants lor'young children, and has forits 'object to provide a type of supporting garment which will beprovided with attaching means '.for diapers or' other lower garmentsworn by the infant. I-Ieretofore, in garments of this same generalcharacter, the ehilds diapers haveusually been secured directly to 'thebody of the upper` garment, which is 'usually a shirt, band or the like.The means of attachingthe diapers to such upper garment'A has generallyconsisted of safetyl pins, and when such fastening means are used, holesare'formedin the 'garment which, due to the pull of the da er,isoonenlarge and lcausei .the 4garment to ecoxne torn and soo'n unfit lforuse. This is particularly so where the garment toyvhich the diaper hasbeen attached is of knitted fabrie,`in which the breaking of one threadby the piercing of a safety pin,I rapidly causes large holes` to form.

The primary object, therefore, of this invention is to provide, inseveral forms of upper garments, a means ofattachment for a diaper orother lower garment, which means 'of attachment will be soarranged-anddisposed, that the same not` only enables the' diaper to besatisfactorily ,held in-place upon the infant, but Vwhich also avoidspuneturing, or in 'anyother way mutilating the-actual body of thegarment to which the diaper is adapted to be secured. A further objectoffthis invention is to provide such means of securing a-diaper inposition, which means may, if' desired after considerable use, besevered or otherwise detached fromthebody ofthe arment on which they areformed, leaving the'body of such arment intact and greatly extending.the li e of such garment.- .With these objects, and such other objectsas may hereinafter appear,` in view, I haveA devised the particulararrangement of parts set forth belowfand pointed out in the claim apended hereto. l,

eference is to be had to theacompanying drawings forming a part hereof,in 'which- Fig. 1 is a. front elevation of a childs un dershirt made inaccordance with my invention y Fi .\2 is a similar view showing themanner in-wliich a-diaper may be attached;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view, on theyline'-, of Fig. 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows; v

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of one of the side these tabs by the pinsandsu 1,696,559 PATENT. arriere portions of the garment, l showing -"one,of I the ways in lwhich the securing tab'sgfn be folded for attachmentto the diaper;i

Fig. 5 is a perspective view'of anothe' ypefe of garment or band showingthe m'au'nei7`,i1i Which'attachingtabs may ,be fern-ie V"there- Orl; l.'Fig, 6 is a sectional View o'n' Athe line Fig. 5, looking in thedirection of the arrd'yvs m65 'Fig I is a perspective view cfa garmentsomewhat similar to that disclose'dfiiililig 5, with the exception ofAthejiact.'thaij'f'the 'same is .provided With supporting'shoulderstrapsg'and e i ff 1,70 Figure- 8 is a sectional view 'onitheline 8-8 ofFig. 7, looking in the, direction arrows. f` Throughout the variousviews ofthp ings, similar reference characters" design. similar parts.In the embodiment of 'my inventi closed in Figs. 1 to i inclusive, Ihaves l an infants upper 'garment in the fdrinpf-an undershirt 1. TheSame may be of 1anygi'I1 t1 '.;-180 ted, or Woveny textile 'fabricand-is,pijvi,d .edA Withthe conventional sh'oulderstrap's, the, lowerend` of the garment'isprovi'ded a pair 'of laterally extending iiapsorfta'bs. 3 and 4. These tabs 3 Vand 4: extend p'ut'frm 185 the sideedgesA orseams of Ythe vgarmenti,giesignated at 5 and 6. 4Each ap, may.,follftlle purpose of providing a substantialconstruction, be composedof several thiekne'sj'ses' or plies of material, such thicknesses.'Qfmiiate-elm .rial being shown at 7 and 8 and comprising tudinal seam9. Through this constrfliction the tabs, 4While made integralxvithlthelbodyf ofthe garment, .are maintained substantially. separatetherefrom, in that when the Same are punctured by the safety pins 10,4which` 100 f l,attach the diaper 11 to such tabs, any perforations 0,1openings that4 Inay)v be formedin sequent diaper pull, .will not beextended into the .bo'dybf the garment. vThe separatingseamsf'alsof-1015 maintainthebod of the garment in itsconr leted form so t'latshould thetabs' 3 anda 'ecome mutilated bythe constant insertioxiofattaching pins 10 and diaper pull thereon,

they may'readily be cut off or otherwise dis- *no posed of and thegarment roper. vvil-l still be useful and mutilated; hbab v l'd 4;

are shown 'in more or less elongated, shape with' their lower endsextending coextensivc with the loi'ver edge of the garment. It will,

be understood that these tabs maybe made in various shapes according tothey type of garment on which they are provided and they may, ifdesired, be made of diierent or stronger material from that constitutingthe body of Vthe garment. The tabs may also, if "desired, be providedwith detachable fastening means for securing them to the 'garment Y.so-*that they may be removedif desired and new tabs attached when thosein useA become worn o r torn by constant use. 'The mannerl "in whichthese tabs are used is clearly .dis-

closed in Figs. 2 to 4 inclusive. It will be seen that the same'proje'ctout laterally from the longitudinal sides ofthe garment and are of.suflicient length toenable .the diaper to be drawn up as high 'asdesired, and secured at any point on' these tabs asis required diaperfitthe child'inore snugly than can be. done by securing the diaper asshown in Fig.

to properly hold the diaper in place. The folded diaper may be merelysecured in place -as shovvn 1n Fig. 2 by having the attaching' pinspassthrough-the two folds lland 12 of the diaper and through the ltabs.In s ome instances, where it is required to have the 2, the diaper maybe folded in as shown in Fig. 4, and the fabs folded longitudinally asat 13, the securing pin then passing. through,

' the various folds .of the diaper as well as through the doubled-overparts of the tab..

In Fig. 5 is shown an infants bandlwhich may be made of either knitted.or woven fabric and which has the front` vvider abdomen# 'supportingpart 14, and'back'portion 15.

An adjusting means for enabling the garment to be Adrawn snugly aboutthe'cliildsy body consists of `aslit 16 provided in aprojecting part ortab 2O located at the front 'of the garment, and the end 17 of. thefront flap '14 is passed through tlieslit, thence fold# ed backupon'itself, and the VtWo-partsbt and* .17 are pinned together by a.safety pin 19.

. At 21 and 22 are'shovvn4 the laterally extenduse. .It will be seenthat the'tab 22 made f up of several tliielinesses'iof 'materiah'suching attaching tabs which are generally similar in principle to the tabs3 and 4 disclosed in `igs.' -1 to 4 inclusive. These tabs form therefrombyfnieans of, longitudinal, lines of stitches 23 and 24. 'lhuS':iter'.boi'isideriilile v use when the tabs 21 and 22 become torn from-constant piercing-x by the attaching pins for the diaper and subsequentdiaperl pull, the tabs may be cut o on the o utsideof the lines ofstitching 23 and 24, 'leavingth ybody of the garment intactandcapablebtfurther thiclmesses of material in thisiiistaiiceQ'coiiiprising extended pai-ts on the front portion .the edgesof the various the front 14, back 15 and t ie tabs 21 and 22,

2 l diseases v f 14 -aiidthe back 15.v The tab 21 is similarlyconstructed, that is, it is composed of extendedparts of the flap 20 andthe back 15. For

the purpose 'of strengthening the garment, arts comprising are bound bya suitable binding strip 25.

In Fig. 7 is shown agarment generally siniilar to the garment disclosed1n Fig. 5 and the saine numerals of reference are applied to thesimilagi parts.- The garment shown in Fig. 7 is, however, provided withsupporting shoulder straps 26 and 27, which are adjustable by beinglooped .through slits 28 near the top edge of the front band 14. Thetabs ,21 and 22 disclosed in the garment'of Fig. 7

are similar to those shown in Fig. 5 and are similarly separated fromthe body of the garment by means of` the lines of dividing stitches 23and 24. The garment shown in Fig 7 is made of several thicknesses" ofmaterial or is lined with soft flannel, so that the tabs, disclosed incross section'in Fig. 8, are

composed of a` plurality of thicknesses of folded fabric and the sameare, as aresult, quite substantial andV lasting.

From the foregoing, the manner in which my improved garments are wornand used will be readily understood. Thel garment disclosed in Figs. 1to 1 inclusive,'is in the form'of a shirt and the manner in-which thediaper is secured thereto has previously been described. The diaper 'mayalso if desired be'folded in many ways according to the practice adoptedby different mothers. In each instance, hoyvever, the tab' will he foundto project in such a way that the securing pins may be passed through itto hold theV diaper in place.v If the shirtis too long for very young ornew-born infants, the'shirt may be turned up' atv the bottom without inany way interferingfwitlthe use ofthe securing tabs.

vtabs canbe easilycut aivay when they become excessively torn fromtheconstant. insertion of the securing pins and diaper pull, leavingr.:i. garment which' may be worn for some time thereafter4 Withoutpresenting a disi-cpiihihlnA :ip ieii'rancc.

Iavmg described several embodiments of my invention, it is obvious thatthe saine. is

not to be restricted thereto, but is broad enough to cover allstructures coming wi' thin the scope of the annexedclaim..

WhatIclaiinis: A childs undergarnient provided with means for attachingto and `supporting a dai per, said consisting of several tabs of 5' tabsand thus held in a vhigher or lower posisubstantial width secured to thebod of the' ,garment body, and lines of stitching located garment andextending out lateral y from between the tabs and the body of thegarment 10 the sides thereof and. permitting the-v diaper to ennit theseverance of said tabs from said to be attached at anydesired point ons'aid body withoutl interrpyingthe continuity of the garment'bodytion ofad'ustment on the body according to Signed-at the 6ft?, countynd Stateof New the siz o the child, the loweredges of said -VYork, this 17th day'o J anuary, 1928. tabs beginning near the lower edge of the. n fDAISY S. VVRILy

